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The Inline Speed Skating World Championships (World Roller Speed Skating Championships) are inline speed skating competitions sanctioned by World Skate. The World Championships have been held unofficially since 1937 and officially since 1966. [1] their format has changed over the years.
Speed skates Speed skates differ greatly from hockey skates and figure skates. Unlike hockey skates and figure skates, speed skates cut off at the ankle and are built more like a shoe than a boot to allow for more ankle compression. The blades range in length from 30 to 45 cm depending on the age and height of the skater.
In 2006, Canadian Cindy Klassen became the only other speed skater, and one of seven Winter Olympians, to win five medals—one gold, two silver, two bronze—at a single edition of the Games. [5] Pechstein, American Bonnie Blair, and Sven Kramer of the Netherlands are the only speed skaters to win gold in the same event three times in a row.
The 2024 Inline Speed Skating World Championships was the 72st edition of the Inline Speed Skating World Championships overall and was held in Montesilvano (for the track events) and Sulmona – Pescara (for the road events) in Italy from 13 to 21 September 2024. It is held as part of the 2024 World Skate Games in Italy. [1] [2]
It was iron-bladed skates that led to the spread of skating and, in particular, speed skating. By 1642, the first official skating club, The Skating Club Of Edinburgh, was born, and, in 1763, the world saw its first official speed skating race, at Wisbech on the Fens in England for a prize sum of 70 guineas .
European Inline Speed Skating junior championships in the Netherlands, 2004 Road race Berlin 2017. Inline speed skating is the roller sport of racing on inline skates.The sport may also be called inline racing or speed skating by participants.